Windows Phone
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Paradigm Shifts and the Winner’s Curse
When paradigms change, previous winners have the hardest time adjusting; that is why AI might be a challenge for Apple and Amazon
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Microsoft’s Surface Event, Facebook CTO Changes
Microsoft’s Surface team is in full alignment with the company’s strategy; then, Facebook’s CTO change makes sense, plus a re-visit of Boz’s infamous memo.
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The End of Windows
The Windows division no longer exists at Microsoft, marking the end to a four-year process of changing Microsoft’s culture.
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Daily Update: Net Neutrality!, Microsoft is Seizing Their Mobile Opportunity
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Daily Update: .NET and Microsoft’s Mobile Opportunity, New Relic Files for IPO, GitHub Enterprise 2.0
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Daily Update: Microsoft Phone, Wearables, and Office; Facebook Acquires LiveRail; Google and the Right to Censor
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When CEOs Matter
Sometime in 2012, during the runup to Windows 8, I was on a call with a Microsoft Developer & Platform Evangelist (DPE) strategizing how we would approach a particular partner.1 I asked his opinion of a specific feature in this partner’s iPad app, and was shocked at his response: “I don’t own an iPad, and […]
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Microsoft’s Mobile Muddle
Saying “Microsoft missed mobile” is a bit unfair; Windows Mobile came out way back in 2000, and the whole reason Google bought Android was the fear that Microsoft would dominate mobile the way they dominated the PC era. It turned out, though, that mobile devices, with their focus on touch, simplified interfaces, and ARM foundation, […]